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>It had (has?) the lowest home prices in all of Canada because of this.

When was this? Moncton is the biggest and fastest growing city in New Brunswick.

And Moncton/Saint John/Fredericton all have pretty comparable prices.

I really wish we could bioengineer mosquitoes and ticks to not bite humans.

Behold, man made horrors beyond comprehension! Must be like "I have no mouth and must scream" for the poor mosquito.

https://old.reddit.com/r/interestingasfuck/comments/1grpkok/...

> It has _a lot_ of mosquitoes

Can mosquitoes transmit prions?

In 2019, the conclusion for this question by medical professionals was maybe for mosquitoes, but definitely for arthropods like ticks.

Anything that pokes into one mammal and then into another might be able to transmit basically anything. This is why doctors dont reuse needles no matter the percieved risk.